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Blood pressure monitors: how to choose and buy a pressure measuring device?
If You decide to buy a device for measuring pressure, but have never before been faced with the purchase of this medical device, it would be very useful to know some of the basics and most important points that you should pay attention to when choosing, namely:
often, if you buy a blood pressure monitor manufacturer, suppliers will offer accessories like coasters for the monitor or cuff to measure the pressure of various sizes;
Additional monitoring features, such as oxygen saturation and temperature, are offered by some expensive models.;
it is recommended to use rechargeable batteries, as they reduce the cost of replacement and disposal;
These Swiss Vega blood pressure monitors can be line-or battery-powered. Non-invasive battery-powered Blood Pressure Monitors Accept Any publicly available battery;
one or more of the following cuff sizes should be available on non-invasive blood pressure monitors: neonatal, pediatric, adult, large adult, and hip;
it should not be possible to mute the alarm volume, and therefore its limits should be set outside the specified measurement range of the device.;
when the sphygmomanometer can not perform an accurate measurement, it must warn the operator visually or audibly and indicate the cause of the error: the tonometer, which Vega recommends on our website, is equipped with such warning functions;
systolic and diastolic blood pressure and pulse rate should be displayed by the blood pressure monitoring system. Other optional parameters may be available, such as the map and other physiological parameters. They will be selected according to the demographic requirements of the doctor and the patient;
when the pressure in the cuff reaches 300 mmHg for an adult and 150 mmHg for a newborn, the sphygmomanometer should automatically deflate;
buy a mechanical Vega non-invasive tonometer, you need one that will allow you to choose from at least 5 values in the range of 1-60 minutes, when choosing the time between automatic blood pressure measurement cycles.
Typical ranges for individual patient requirements are 150-260 mmHg for an adult, and 85-140 mmHg for a newborn.